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Jos Buttler
India · Left-arm orthodox · Batter
JC Buttler is a batter who has represented England across all three formats and played franchise cricket for sides including Rajasthan Royals, Lancashire, Manchester Originals and Mumbai Indians. His primary competition, by matches played, is One-Day International cricket. Across 592 career appearances he has scored 20,220 runs at an average of 37.87 and a strike rate of 111.82. In the current IPL campaign he struck 60 off 37 and 52 off 27 in back-to-back wins in early April 2026, form that suggests his white-ball game is in reasonable order even if his T20 International returns from the February window were thin.
Runs
0
Bat Avg
37.9
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Rajasthan Royals · Batter
Recent form
Buttler's last 10 appearances have been mixed: two half-centuries in the 2026 IPL (60 off 37 against Lucknow Super Giants and 52 off 27 against Delhi Capitals) contrast with a run of very low scores i
Strongest format
One-Day International — Buttler's ODI record is his most complete across any competition, combining 5,473 runs in 168 matches with an average of 41.15 and a strike rate of 11
Career stats overview
57 Test · 168 ODI · 367 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
57 matches
2,907
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
168 matches
5,473
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
367 matches
11,840
Runs scored
0
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
Over 20,000 career runs across all formats
Buttler has accumulated 20,220 runs from 592 matches at a career batting average of 37.87 and a strike rate of 111.82. That combination of volume and scoring rate marks him as one of the most productive batters of his generation across formats.
ODI cricket is where his numbers peak
In 168 One-Day Internationals, Buttler averages 41.15 at a strike rate of 115.73, totalling 5,473 runs. His ODI returns are his strongest across any single competition, combining consistency with fluency.
T20 formats unlock his highest strike rates
Buttler has posted a strike rate of 149.67 in 123 IPL matches and 148.69 across 133 T20 Internationals. In 57 T20 Blast appearances for Lancashire he reached 151.86, his highest strike rate in any major competition.
The Rose Bowl is his most productive ground
Across 21 matches at the Rose Bowl, Buttler averages 60.24 with 1,024 runs, his best average at any venue he has played regularly. Sawai Mansingh Stadium is his most productive T20 venue, where he averages 51.19 at a strike rate of 142.19.
Strong numbers against Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Buttler averages 48.48 against Pakistan across 32 matches and 46.50 against Sri Lanka across 40 matches. Both represent a clear step above his career mean and his returns against Australia (32.57) and India (30.22).
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams JC Buttler has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
Australia
- Matches
- 64
- Runs
- 2,052
India
- Matches
- 63
- Runs
- 2,025
West Indies
- Matches
- 50
- Runs
- 1,667
South Africa
- Matches
- 44
- Runs
- 1,435
New Zealand
- Matches
- 43
- Runs
- 1,410
Sri Lanka
- Matches
- 40
- Runs
- 1,488
Pakistan
- Matches
- 32
- Runs
- 1,309
Royal Challengers Bangalore
- Matches
- 16
- Runs
- 585
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where JC Buttler has turned out most often.
Old Trafford, Manchester
- Matches
- 52
- Runs
- 2,081
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
- Matches
- 34
- Runs
- 1,031
Edgbaston, Birmingham
- Matches
- 25
- Runs
- 636
The Oval, London
- Matches
- 22
- Runs
- 765
The Rose Bowl, Southampton
- Matches
- 21
- Runs
- 1,024
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
- Matches
- 21
- Runs
- 819
Lord's, London
- Matches
- 19
- Runs
- 657
Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad
- Matches
- 19
- Runs
- 721
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
JC Buttler's profile
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.
Photo credits (1)
- Jos Buttler — photo by Harrias, CC BY-SA 3.0 · source